Yesterday Sony took the wraps off the world’s lightest computer with Blu-ray Disc technology — the VAIO TT Series notebook. Available in two models VAIO TT160 and VAIO TT198, both laptops come housed in a lightweight carbon-fiber chassis, weight just 2.87 pounds and are less than 1-inch thin, but have different hardware installed. The TT160 series comes with a 1.2GHz U9200 Intel Centrino 2 processor (3MB L2 cache), 3GB PC3-6400 memory and 160GB 5400rpm SATA hard drive, while the TT198 features a 1.4GHz U9300 CPU (3MB L2 cache), 4GB PC3-6400 memory and 2x128GB SATA solid state drives in RAID. Sony offers both models with a 11.1-inch XBRITE-DuraView widescreen LCD that also has LED backlight. This screen boasts 16:9 HD 1366x768 wide resolution. Future owners who want to pay a premium price can also purchase a Blu-Ray writer drive. The TT models start at $2,000. The BD version will go for about $2,700, while the SSD model (128GB) for around $2,750. Available colors include premium carbon black, silk black, champagne gold and crimson red. Retailers will start selling the TT series starting this fall. Click here for any additional information.

Even on an 11.1" screen BR will look better, plus, compatible with your new movie library, plus see that HDMI port!

The laptop looks very stylish. Specs look good. I'm interested.

PS. Sony, thanks for the fireware port +1, but no thanks to magic gate. I wonder how many of your customers use that? Save a $ or two, and make the laptop sleeker, by ditching that silly useless port on EU model.

Can play Blu-ray Disc movies in full HD 1080p resolution when connected to a compatible HDTV through the onboard HDMI™ output connector. These units can also record, store and play back personal content on high-capacity BD media.